Winter dormancy
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Winter dormancy
- From: f* h*
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 14:02:36 -0500 (EST)
Hello again: I am puzzled by winter dormancy in my indoor plants.
Supposedly, some plants will go dormant because they just "need a rest".
Others will go dormant if it is too cold but otherwise will continue to
bloom. Several plants immediately dropped their leaves when they came
indoors (they are in pots outdoors in the summer) - but have now, in very
late fall, started to put out fresh leaves. To me, that is the signal to
begin watering and fertilizing. So they must either be put under a bench
somewhere and allowed to be totally dry; or they should receive only
maintenance watering to keep them alive; or they should be watered as usual.
Is there some "rule of thumb" or signal from the plant itself about this -
or should you either learn from your own sometimes sad experience or else
read what others have discovered from theirs? Thanks for your ideas on
this. Fran
Frances Howey
London, Ontario
Canada Zone 5b
No staying snow yet - frost at night but a sunny +5degrees today.
